English
refudiate
Blend of refute + repudiate.
The story
Often associated with Sarah Palin's infamous 2010 lapsus linguae. Since then the word has been uncommon although not rare, but many written occurrences of the word focus on prescriptively repudiating its use; it remains nonstandard.
Today it means
verb To repudiate, to oppose.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “refudiate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / refudiate